CA2036044C - Livestock shelter and baled hay rack - Google Patents

Livestock shelter and baled hay rack

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CA2036044C
CA2036044C CA002036044A CA2036044A CA2036044C CA 2036044 C CA2036044 C CA 2036044C CA 002036044 A CA002036044 A CA 002036044A CA 2036044 A CA2036044 A CA 2036044A CA 2036044 C CA2036044 C CA 2036044C
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01KANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
    • A01K1/00Housing animals; Equipment therefor
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01KANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
    • A01K5/00Feeding devices for stock or game ; Feeding wagons; Feeding stacks
    • A01K5/01Feed troughs; Feed pails
    • A01K5/0107Transportable fodder pails or troughs
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60PVEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS
    • B60P3/00Vehicles adapted to transport, to carry or to comprise special loads or objects

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  • Animal Husbandry (AREA)
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  • Housing For Livestock And Birds (AREA)
  • Storage Of Harvested Produce (AREA)

Abstract

Abstract Of The Disclosure A generally rectangular elongated horizontally dis-posed open frame having a base frame, upright studs, joists and rafter members form an overhead round hay bale rack for supporting bay bales. One side of the frame is closed by panel members to form a windbreak for livestock which may enter both ends or the side opposite the wind-break panels for shelter. Hay bales supported by the hay rack portion of the device may be rolled off the rack for access by animals as they consume the respective bale.

Description

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1 This invention relates to agricultural e~uipment and 2 more particularly to a movable livestock shelter and 3 windbreak having facilities for storing a plurality of 4 jumbo size roll baled hay.
It is well understood by stockmen or ranchers raising 6 cattle in open flat country where there is very little 7 natural windbreaks for cattle, that is it desirable to 8 provide some type of windbreak. In such open country, 9 where there are no windbreaks for livestock and the ground is frozen or covered with snow and the wind chill index is 11 in the minus readings extra feed needs to be provided for 12 livestock for survival. Further, the requirement of extra 13 feed is greatly reduced where a windbreak is provided, 14 either natural or man-made. In consideration of the soil or pasture, particularly if it is hay-raising soil, it is 16 desirable to move the feeding station from time to time to 17 prevent undue damage to the dormant hay producing vegeta-18 tion~ Therefore it is desirable that a hay feeder and 19 shelter be provided which may be moved by a pick-up truck, or the like, from one location to another.
21 This invention provides such a feeder-shelter in 22 which interconnected side and end rails form an elongated 23 rectangular open base frame. Opposing pairs of longitudi-24 nal and laterally spaced generally upright studs are con-nected ad~acent their upper end portions with respective 26 ends of ~oists and connected at their depending ends with 27 the respective base frame side rail. Rafter members con-28 nected at their depending end~ with the respective pair of 29 atud~, intermediate the height of the latter, project up--1- ~

~03~0~4 1 wardly in converging relation and are joined forming a 2 central apex spaced above the joists, medially the frame 3 width. An angle iron frame brace member coextensive with 4 the length of the base frame, is connected with the upper end of the respective stud longitudinally of the frame and 6 with each rafter above the joists and downwardly with re-7 spect to the apex to form a rigid framework having an 8 overhead hay bale supporting rack. A plurality of panels 9 extend coextensively with the framework length and height at one side thereof. Other similar panels longitudinally 11 overlap the uppermost portion of the studs at the opposite 12 side of the frame.
13 One end of the frame is provided with an A-frame type 14 trailer hitch. Intermediate its ends the base frame is provided with a pair of vertically retractable wheels for 16 transporting the device when desired.
17 In the drawings which illustrate embodiments of the 18 invention.
19 Figure 1 i8 a fragmentary side elevation view of the open framework illustrating by dotted lines the position 21 of the frame supporting wheels when lowered to a transport 22 position;
23 Figure 2 is a fragmentary top view of Fig. l;
24 Figure 3 is a vertical cro8s section view partially ln elevation, to a larger scale, taken substantially along 26 the line 3---3 of Fig. 2 and illustrating a plurality of 27 ~umbo size hay bales supported by the rack; and, 28 Figure 4 i8 a perspective view of a hay bale hook.
29 The reference numeral 10 indicates the device as a ~3~a~

1 whole comprising an open box-like frame 12 elongated 2 rectangular in general configuration. By way of the 3 example, the device 10 is approximately 12 feet (3.65M) 4 wide, 8 feet (2.43M) high and 40 feet (12.19M) long and formed by side members 13 and 14 interconnected in later-6 ally spaced relation at their respective ends by end 7 members 16 and 18 forming a rectangular horizontal base 8 frame means 20 havin~ an open central portion accessible 9 from one side and both ends of the frame, as presently explained. The device 10 is generally truncated triangu-11 lar shaped when viewed from one end (Fig. 3).
12 A plurality of pairs of generally upright longitudi-13 nally spaced wall studs 24 and 26, are respectively rigid-14 ly connected in laterally spaced relation at their depend-ing ends with the base frame side members 13 and 14 and 16 adjacent their upper ends by respective ends of a ceiling 17 joist 28.
lB A like plurality of rafter means 30 formed by pairs 19 of rafters 32 and 34, interconnected at their upper ends to form an apex 36, are connected at their respective 21 diverging end portions with the respective studs 24 and 26 22 intermedlate the height of the latter so that the apex 36 23 of the rafters pro~ect a predetermined distance above the 24 horizontal plane defined by the ~oists 28 medially the framework width.
26 A plurality of right angle frame reinforcing rails 38 27 extend longitudinally coextensive with the framework and 28 are rlgidly connected wlth the top ends of the respective 29 studs 24 and 26 and the respective rafters 32 and 34 -` 20360~

1 intermediate their height between the joists 28 and apex 2 36. The rails 38, joists 28 and rafters 32 and 34 form a 3 rigid baled hay platform or rack 40 at the upper limit of 4 the device 10.
A plurality of preferably sheet iron panels 42, 6 overlie, in edge overlapping relation with respect to each 7 other, the studs 24 at one side of the framework to form a 8 windbreak wall when disposed normal to the wind direction.
9 Similar panels 42' overlie the upper end portion of the studs 26 at the opposite side of the frame to further 11 insure a rigid bracing for the device and add additional 12 shelter for livestock within the frame.
13 Operation 14 The device 10 is normally disposed horizontally on substantially level soil as shown by Figures 1 and 3 and 16 in this position a front-end loader, not shown, may suc-17 cessively hoist a plurality of hay bales A, B, and C on 18 the hay rack means 40. By po~itioning the bails A and B
19 on opposing sides of the row of rafters (Fig. 3) the third bale C may be lifted to overlie the two bales A and B.
21 The center of gravity of each of the bales A and B being 22 inwardly of the upper limit of the respective stud 24 and 23 26 maintain the bales ln place as shown and forms a tem-24 porary hay roof. Since the bales are usually not longer than their diameter a plurality of piles of three each (A, 26 B and C) of the bales may be disposed in longitudinal end-27 to-end relation along the rack 40.
28 When it is desired to feed livestock being sheltered 29 by the device 10, an upper most hay bale is pulled off the 20~0~

l rack means 40 so that it falls by gravity to the surface 2 of the earth adjacent one side of the framework lO. This 3 is accomplished by a bale hook 45 (Fig. 4) comprising a 4 triangular generally planar body 46 having a pair of arcuate hooks 48 depending from its base end and an end-6 less ring 50 secured to its apex. With one end portion of 7 a rope 52 connected with the ring 50 the bale hook may be 8 manually thrown up and over the topmost surface of one of 9 the uppermost bales. With the hooks 48 engaged with the hay of a bale and the other end portion of the rope tied ll to a prime mover, or to the saddle horn of a saddle on a 12 riding horse, neither being shown, the hay bale may be 13 pulled off the hay rack in a rolling action of the bale in 14 a manner well understood by ranchers or farmers.
The device 10 is rendered mobile by a tubular shaft 16 54 which extends transversely of the base frame side 17 members 13 and 14 substantially medially their ends which 18 journals a pair of crank arms 56 and 58 for vertical 19 pivoting movement. Each crank arm has an axle portion journalling a pair of wheels 60 and 62, respectively, 21 within respective sides of the base frame. When the 22 device is to be moved it is as8umed no hay bales are on 23 the rack means 40, the base frame sides are lifted, as by 24 a conventional ~ack, not shown, allowing the wheels 60 and 62 to remain in contact with the surface of the earth 63.
26 An upright strut 64 pivotally connected at one end portion 27 with the respective axle is removably bolted at its other 28 end portion with an adjacent stud and supports the frame-29 work for mobile movement. When the framework is parked "- 20~6044 1 and rests on the surface of the earth, the bolt end of the 2 struts 64 is loosely supported by adjacent rafters.
3 A generally conventional trailer hitch 70, A-frame in 4 shape, and connected with one end portion of the framework 10 is connected by its ball hitch 72 with the trailer 6 hitch ball of a pick-up truck or the like, not shown, for 7 moving the device 10 to a new location.

Claims (6)

1. A combination livestock shelter and baled hay rack, comprising:
a horizontal base frame having elongated side members interconnected at their respective ends by end mem-bers;
a plurality of opposing pairs of longitudinally spaced generally upright studs on said base frame side members;
a like plurality of joist means extending transversely of said base frame and connected with the upper end portion of the respective pairs of studs for forming a baled hay support rack;
first rail means coextensive with said base frame side members overlying and connected with the upper end limit of said studs for forming a lateral limit for baled hay placed on said rack;
rafter means including pairs of rafters respectively connected at their depending end portions with an intermediate portion of each stud of said pairs of studs and a lateral end portion of each respective said joist and projecting a predetermined distance above said joists for longitudinally dividing said bale rack; and, panel means extending between said studs above one said base side member for forming a windbreak.
2. The combination according to claim 1 and further including:
other rail means coextensive with the base frame side members overlying and secured to an intermediate portion of the respective rafters of said rafter means extending above said joists for maintaining pairs of juxtaposed bales of hay at respective later-al limits of the baled hay rack when placed thereon.
3. The combination according to claim 2 and further including:
retractable wheel means including bell crank axles pivot-ally connected with said base frame for supporting the latter in a mobile manner; and, trailer hitch means connected with one end of said base frame for connection with a prime mover.
4. The combination according to claim 3 in which the wheel means further includes:
a strut extending between and pivotally connected at its respective end portions with the respective said bell crank axle and an adjacent said stud in base frame supporting relation.
5. The combination according to claim 3 and further including:
hay hook means including an elongated strand for sequen-tially pulling baled hay off said rack.
6. The combination according to claim 4 and further including:
hay hook means including an elongated planar body having a pair of elongated arcuate hooks cooperatively pro-jecting from one end of the body laterally of its plane and having an endless ring rigidly connected to its other end; and, an elongated strand connected at one end with said ring.
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